The Zhitong Finance App learned that Hong Kong Trade Development Council Chairman Ma Shiheng said on the sidelines when attending the Global Youth Power Summit 2026 that after the Chief Executive personally led a delegation to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in June, a Kazakh railway company had already announced its listing in Hong Kong. The Kazakhstan Sovereign Fund, which controls many local companies, expressed interest in continuing to raise capital through the Hong Kong capital market. In addition, he mentioned that 8 other “Belt and Road” national enterprises have submitted listing applications to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Earlier, Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Chan Mao-po, said that at present, more than 100 enterprises from the “Belt and Road” region have been listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a total market value of over HK$340 billion. Ma Shiheng hopes that in the future, emerging markets will continue to use the Hong Kong financial market to expand their business.
Ma Shiheng mentioned that the Hong Kong Trade Development Council already has an advisory office in Almaty and will send additional personnel to handle business transactions and other matters in the future. Whether it will upgrade it to an office or open an office elsewhere in Central Asia is still to be studied.
Ma Shiheng mentioned that the “Liberation Day” tariff crisis in April last year made all sectors highly nervous, like the “Tenth Wind.” Following President Xi Jinping's recent visit to the US, Sino-US relations have eased markedly, and the situation has greatly improved. It is helpful for Hong Kong. Hong Kong's exports are strong. Exports increased by more than 40% year-on-year in the first eight months of this year. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council recently raised its annual export forecast to 42% to 47%.